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Debian DSA-4514-1 : varnish - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 128510

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Alf-Andre Walla discovered a remotely triggerable assert in the Varnish web accelerator; sending a malformed HTTP request could result in denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (stretch) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the varnish packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 6.1.1-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/varnish

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/varnish

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4514

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128510

File Name: debian_DSA-4514.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/5/2019

Updated: 12/31/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:varnish, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15892

DSA: 4514